pronounce literal literally literate

and illiterate i grouped all those words together even though they came from four

different people because the issue with the pronunciation is

very similar so let's take a look at all of these words we have

literal literally illiterate i'm sorry literate and ill

literate so let's tackle what is really difficult for most people it's

that flap t that you're hearing most americans

will pronounce this first t as a d so you will hear people say

litter litter so to say this part of the word let's start with the l

tip of the tongue is behind the back of the top front teeth l

and then you're going to pull it down for that short i

sound then quickly touch the back of the top of the front teeth

again for that d and then move to the er with square tense lips

litter litter litter yes that d is very very fast

in this situation litter litter litter so now that you know that you can

tackle this word by just adding the l litter l literal

literal literal and then we can add the ending here literally

literally literally

literate literate literate

illiterate illiterate illiterate some of you may be asking i hear people

say different things for the word literally yes you will you might hear

people say literally with a t you might hear people

say literally um but i personally say

literally and whichever one you choose people are going to understand you so

again you have choices for that word it could be

literally literally or literally whichever you choose let's give these

words all a try again literal

literally literate illiterate one more time because i got a

little confused literal literally

literate illiterate so give it a try people are going to notice the

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